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...collapsed. A jury in Jasper, Texas, convicted Shawn Allen Berry of murder for his role in the dragging death of JamesByrdJr., but spared him the death penalty. American author and composer Paul Bowles died in Morocco at age 88. Ten years...

...homicidal violence."Wright, who is black, lived in Jasper, an East Texas town notorious for the 1998 murder of JamesByrdJr., dragged to death by a group of white men."We can't forget the history of the area because we're both from...

...phone messages Friday. Wright, who is black, lived in Jasper, an East Texas town notorious for the 1998 murder of JamesByrdJr., dragged to death by a group of white men. "We can't forget the history of the area because we're both from...

...blanketed their upper bodies. A wrench engraved with the third man's last name was found near the shredded body of JamesByrdJr. Despite the provocative physical evidence, the trial of the first suspect, John William "Bill" King will not...

...of three white men charged with the dragging death of JamesByrdJr., to go to trial. It was the first time Ms. Greeney...first time. King is on trial for the dragging death of JamesByrdJr. days work on the jury. That's a good week." Of...

...conventional murder and assault statutes.Two of the most notorious state cases - the murders of Matthew Shepard and JamesByrdJr. - inspired further expansion of federal law, although it took more than a decade.Shepard, a gay college student...

...conventional murder and assault statutes.Two of the most notorious state cases - the murders of Matthew Shepard and JamesByrdJr. - inspired further expansion of federal law, although it took more than a decade.Shepard, a gay college student...

...first things the sponsor of the JamesByrdJr. Hate Crimes Act did when the...approved by a 20-10 vote the JamesByrdJr. Hate Crimes Act. Associated...In 1998, the brutal murder of JamesByrdJr. in Jasper, the most vicious...

...first things the sponsor of the JamesByrdJr. Hate Crimes Act did when the...approved by a 20-10 vote the JamesByrdJr. Hate Crimes Act. Associated...In 1998, the brutal murder of JamesByrdJr. in Jasper, the most vicious...

...picture." Byrd is the son of JamesByrdJr., the 49-year-old black man...intended for him and his two sisters. JamesByrdJr.'s middle child believes the...to know?"' The two sisters of JamesByrdJr., who have been de facto family...